I miss someone who chose to leave for a variety of reasons. She is still quit. But she had an incredibly strong group that many people joined called Candid Quitters back in 2008. She was a no nonsense, straight shooter in her support here. Some would call that tough love. She was so angry with the changes to the site (this was YEARS ago two platform changes before this one I believe), the way she felt treated as a supporter (by the administration/site owners), she deleted every ounce of her input on the site. Her group, her blogs... she took away EVERYTHING of hers. EXCEPT her comments on blogs way back then that are still splattered around those old ancient blogs of yore. There were too many for her to go back and search through to delete. Her name is Peggy. And I admired the hell out of her. Still do. She rode horses in rodeos and could sit a saddle not only on a horse but on her quit. I never quite understood the anger that would make you subtract ALL of your support here that so helped others to quit. And I thought it rather selfish. But after this last platform change I have understood it. Totally.
I miss Pops. His input here was incredible. He was such a great supporter and contributor of new ideas. And he's someone who recently left. And the sting of that still hurts. In his case he thought we in the community were ganging up against him. He too has de-activated his account.
So with both of these amazing supporters, @ mentioning them would mean nothing and would not bring them back because they aren't getting notifications. But they added so much to my understanding of positive support input. They taught me how to, how not to, what best to... they enriched my methods of support. I would say they helped me quit, but I quit long before they did, so I can't say that. But I did want to @ mention them in my heart here. For there are among the missing.
Also @shaheen Too long we have not heard a peep out of you. Four months ago was the last contact. Let us know how you're doing.
And there are others I could add, but it's after midnight and my brain is tired.
Great Roll Call idea Jennifer! Who knows. With this bog you just might get some to return and not just for a hello but add some continuing support on a regular basis. Hope so!
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